Folarin Balogun, dan wasan gaba na United States, ya bayyana cewa yana da ƙarfin iya yin gasa da Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé, da Erling Haaland don lambar yabo ta Takalmin Zinare a FIFA World Cup 2026, yana ɗaukar ƙwarin gwiwa daga ƙwarewar ci gaba na ƴan wasan gaba na ƙwararru a duniya.

Yayin da yake magana da 'yan jarida a lokacin atisaye, Balogun ya yarda cewa ganin ƴan wasan gaba mafi kyau na duniya suna ci wa a kullum yana tayar da shi da kuma ƙarfafa shi a lokaci guda.

"Yana kawo haushi!" in ji Balogun da dariya. "Ganin ƴan wasa kamar Messi, Mbappe, Haaland — sun kasance babu makawa. Ina ganin suna ci ƙwallo kowane wasa, wani lokacin fiye da haka."

Dan wasan gaba na United States bai ɓoye niyyarsa ba, yana mai bayyana cewa yana da ingancin da ake buƙata don isa wannan matakin na daidaito.

"A gare ni, dai dai ne ƙoƙarin isa wannan matakin — kasancewa babu makawa ni ma, kasancewa daidaitacce. Kuma ina tabbata ina da ƙarfi a cikin na don cimma hakan."

Gargaɗin katin rawaya

Bin sawun manyan masu ci wa Balogun — ciki har da Messi, wanda kwanan nan ya karya rikodin ci wa na kowane lokaci a gasar cin kofin duniya — ya zo tare da cikas. Dan wasan yana ɗauke da katin rawaya kafin zagayen fitar da ƙwallo, wanda ke tilasta masa daidaita tsakanin faɗa da samuwa.

"Mafi muhimmancin abu ga wani ƙwararren ɗan wasa a kowane wasanni shi ne kasancewa a wurin. Ban bambanta da wannan ba, don haka, ba shakka, ina son buga wasa. Amma yana da mahimmanci a kasance mai hankali. Ba zan so a ba ni katin rawaya na biyu ina rasa zagaye na 32 ba."

Duk da wannan matsalar ta halayyar wasan, Balogun ya ci gaba da mai da hankali kan damar da ke gabansa, yana imani da cewa kowane ƙwallo da aka ci a gasar cin kofin duniya yana ɗauke da ma'ana da ta fi tsawon lokacin gasar.

"Inshallah da ci gaba da tafiya, za a sami karin damar ci gaba wa. Kowane ƙwallo a gasar cin kofin duniya wani abu ne da za a tuna da shi har abada."